Tuesday, June 27, 2017

CNN Shoots Itself In Foot Again

The strong ratings for Tuesday's Democratic Presidential
debate have surprised CNN executives, who are now tentatively considering
introducing substance into their programming.

After reviewing the numbers for the debate, however,
Zucker decided to launch a pilot program at CNN called Project Substance, which
will introduce information and "substance-based content" into the
network's programming, on a limited basis.

"Just to be clear, we're not suddenly going to flood
our programming with substance," Zucker said. "We know that would be
jarring for our viewers."

By implementing a "dash of substance here and
there," the network will be able to gauge whether viewers' interest in
substance is for real, "or just a passing fad," Zucker said.

"If, at the end of the day, viewers aren't
interested in serious news, we'll just go back to what we've been doing,"
he said.

Last Friday evening
CNN fully retracted and completely scrubbed a bogus story which cited an
unnamed source claiming the Senate Intelligence Committee was investigating a
“$10-billion Russian investment fund whose chief executive met with a member of
President Donald Trump’s transition team four days before Trump’s
inauguration.”

The transition team
member was Anthony Scaramucci, and he “supposedly” discussed lifting sanctions
with investment fund chief executive Kirill Dmitriev. Except, the ties were
strung together by CNN with absolutely no proof and despite a firm denial from
the Russian investment firm spokesman.

“CNN.com published a
story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct
Investment Fund,” CNN wrote in the editor’s note after the retraction. “That
story did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to
the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.”

Anonymous sources described
the incident as a “massive, massive fuck up and people will be disciplined.”

In an effort to stop
the bleeding caused by growing public skepticism about its integrity and not have the “fake
news” label stick, stories involving Trump/Russia now require the approval of
senior executives before publication.

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